Type-writing machine.



E. Gv. LATTA.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLIcATloN FILED P21115, 1911.

1, 1 1 5,077, Patented 00127,'1914.

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'E. G. LATTA.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION PILBD P21315. 1911.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

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E. G. LATTA.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 11:13.15, 1911.

1,1 1 5,077. Patented 001.27, 1914.

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E. G. LATTA.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED P13115. 1911.

Patented 0G15. 27, 1914.

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E. G. LATTA.

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UNITED STATES EMMIT G. LATTA, 0F SYBACUSE, NEW YORK.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

Application led February 15. 1911. ,seria111o.608,657.

To all whom yit may concern:

Be it known that l. Enum* G. Larra, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York. have invented a new and useful Im )rovement in Type-Writing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in front strike or visible writing typewriting machines in which the type-bars are mounted on a supporting segment which is adapted to be shifted for placing one or another of the sets of type on the type-bars in printing relation to the platen.

One object of the invention is to provide a typewritimlr machine of the Moyer make with a shiftable ty e-bar sefrmciit and adapt various features o the mac iine for coperatioii with such a shiftable segment, as hereinafter described and set forth in the claims.

(')ther objects of the invention are to provide a typewriting machine having a shiftable type-bar segment with efficient and practical mechanism for operating the carriage esca ment, and, preferably, the ribbon vibrating device also, by the direct action of the type-bars; also to arrange and connect the parts of the iiiachine in such a way that they can be assembled and dis1 mounted with ease and rapidity; also to connect the ribbon vibrator lever directly to the. universal bar without the use of intermediate or separate loose connections, and to do this in a way that permits of different motions of the vibrator for moving either one of a plurality of di'eieiit portion-5s or fields of the ribbon to and from position for printing, and permits the vibrator to he thrown out of action; and `also to` improve visiblewriting typewriting machines in the other respects hereinafter described and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, consistw ing of five sheets: Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a typewriting machine embodying the invention. Fig.'2 is a fragmentar)1 similarsectional elevation showing the position of the parts when the segment is shifted. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation, on a reduced scale, cf the top plate of the machine. Fi 4 is anrenlarged sectional elevation of tie operating means for the ribbon Yibrator. Fig. 5 is a plan view, partly in section, of the machine, the carn riage being removed and the carriage guide being partly broken away to disclose the nnderlying parts. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation thereof partly broken away and partly 'in section, in line 6 6, Fig. 1. Figs. 7 and S are respectively a fragmentary longitudinal sectional elevation and a rear elevation, partly in section, of a modified construction.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the several filaires. l

The construction illustrated in Figs. 143 will be first described.

A represents the main frame of the inaehine; B the top plate thereof; C the platen *carriage which supports the platen c; I) the carriage escapeinent; E one of the ty `e-bars which are pivoted in iin arc below tlie carringe so that the type-bars can swing upwardly and rearwardly to make the im ressions at the front side of the platen: the key levers and f oneof the auxiliary levers 0 rated thereby for actuating the t vpcbars.

ese parts. except as hereinafter explained, are, constructed, arranged and operated as in the Mover typewriter and are illustrated to show their relation and coaction with vthe other parts of the machine.

The top plate B is a single casting of substantially uniform thickness throughout which is removably secured on the iiiaiii frame A, for instance, by screws l, Fig. 5. at the four corners of the top plate. The front and rear portions of the top plate are in different hori'fgoiital planes and the cciiiiectiiigr middle part is curved as shown best in Fig.

The middie part has two raised side portions if b. Figs. 3 and forming forwardly inclined (lat .seats for a carriage track or guide casting B. 'llie cciitral part of the top plate is removed oi-,pi'oviiied with aii opening L having large front and rear portions and a narrow connecting portion to permit the t); ie-bars to suing to the platen and to admit t ie univer. :il liar. ril iwii vibrator and other parts when as eioliling them in the machine. The horizontal froiit portion of the top plate is preferably provided at o iposite sides with deprc sions Il having' iiicii'ned bottoms to enable the ribbon spools, one of which is shown :it i, Fig. l, to be a rranged in au inclined bositioii with their front lower cfliges below the surface of tho lirontl part of the top plate so :is to deliver the ribbon iu Eine with the ribbon \ibr:ito:v

The. carriage tir-.rk casting li supper# the guide or track on which the carriage travels transvtrsely of the machine. The carriage tracll; or guide shown is of the hall bearing type used in the Moyer ma chine, hut track or guide of any` other suitable sor* could he used. The track cast ing B is rigidly secured' on the inclined seats bof the to i plate, for instance. by four screws Z7, two o` whichY are shown in Fig. 5. By the use of a ssei'izirate track casting secured on the top plate the machine can be readily supplied with track castings of dif-- ferent lengths suitable for different length carriages.

The carriage escapement D is mounted on a suitable bearing or portion l on, the rear central ,portion of the track casting B', the shaft fi of the escapement Wheel being, as usual, provided at its front end with a gear pinion d2 which meshes with a rack har (Z3 on the carriage.

(l represents the segment or support :nar the type-hars- '.Fhe segment preterahly consists of '.14 curved or segmental casting having a slotted flange projecting forwardly from its upper edge 1n which hangers y for the typebars are secured by clamping plate g and screws g2 passing through the plate and betweerthe hangers into the seg ment, as in the Moyer machine. "lille seg ment is Inovabl mounted So that it can he shifted verticali on a central arm fr and two side arms h it" the front ends ci? Y. i are pivoted in slotted lugs h2 on tre side of the segment. The side arms il( are rigidly secured at their rear ends to n rock shaft H which is suitslly journalcd at its ends on the opposite sid, of the main frame, and the central arm n forked find has the rear ends of its two branches pivoted in lugs ha projecting upwardly from a har k* which is rigidly secured to the rear portion of the main frame and to which the rear ends of the key levers are pivoted. The segment-supporting arms are parallel and thus hold the segment upright in its normal and shifted positions.'

I represents a cam or cam lever for shifting the segment. This shifting cam is fixed centrally on a horizontal rock shaft z' and is provided with a. cani slot in which works a roller i journaled on a bracket i2 which is secured in any suitable way to and projects.

- forwardly from the middle of the segment.

The end portions of the cam slot are preferY ably substantially concentric with the axis of the cam so that. the segment will be locked from movement when the roller enters either of these end portions of the slot. The rock shaft z' is journaled at its ends on the sides of the main frame and has rigid .forwardly projecting arms at its opposite ends which rest on the upper rockenshapcd edges of shift key-levers i* fulcrumed et between their ends. One of the shift kcyievers is ruso?? shown in Fig. 1. B depressing the front end of either of the shift key-levers the rock Shaft and cam I are rocked with an accelerating motion and shift the segment, together with the type-bars and other' parts supported thereby, from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in ig. 2. A 'suitable spring i", Fig. 6, on one end of the rock shaft i acts to start the rock shaft and cam from the shifted position as soon as the shift key-lever is released. lVhen the roller i passes out ofthe concentric end portion of the cam slot the weight of the segment and the parts thereon will force the cam back to its normal position. A spring (not shown) is usually employed to partially support the Weight of the shifting parts and reduce the exertion necessary to effect the shift. The location of the shift cam centrally under the shifting parts or substantially et the center of gravi ,y thereoimakes the shift'action quick and easy.

The segment is preferably mozmtcd and shifted as above described, but it could be dilercntly mounted and shifted by other means.

indicated by the shade lines in Figs. 1 hoth the central kcy-levcr F and the aesihai-y lever j are slightly oilset sidewise where they pass the shift cam to make room For tho movement of the cam between these closely arranged parts.

The universal bnr, as heretofore in the Moyer typewriter, consists of a rock shaft which is operated by one or more actuators which are strlick and moved by the typeliars they approach the platen. K K re resent the universal har actuators und L t 1e universal bar.

Two actuators K K are shown in the construction illustruted in Figs. 1--6 of the drawings. They consist of two curved bars arrnngcd over the pivotcd ends of the typehars so that cach actuator is adapted to be struck and actuated by any one of thc typchars on. the adjacent hull of the segment just hcorc the type-bar rcuches the platen. llach actuator is supported by two bars :l: It which nrc rigidly secured to und extend rearwardly from the actuator and ure pivoted to the upper ends of arms cz k extending upwnrdly und inwardly from n rock shaft L journulcd on the segment, for instance between the two pivot lugs 1* on the rear side of the segment. Tho inner supporting bars k v of the two actuators extend beyond thc m ms k2 k ot' the rock shnfts and are pivotully connected to the upper ends of lnlo; fw" which nrc suitably piv otcd ut their lower ends to thc roar cuds of brackets 'f. 'lhcse brackets arc rigidly sccurcd to und project rearwardly from the scgnwnt. 'lhc `supporting bars 1" are preferably formed rom sheet metal stampings :ind have lateral projections at their l'lLI frontfends hioh are bent1to-fitthe actu atom', tofmhiohwthey are riveted, and ther inner 'bsrsxkf 7:"hve-cross pieces k at their rear ends which arerslightly twisted so as tel 5. standA Nertixrallyzin front of lthe lower 'ends oif'arms l'wtnch! arevtixedJto and de nd friom'theiuniversal barili. The rock -s afts la. kf vcausa-a.corresponding motion of both ends -oithb/:actuatorswhen struckl by the 1.t Ab'navregardla'y ofctheipoint at which 't w-actuatorsiane' struck; uthus insuring a uniform action' ofitheuniversal. bar and the= parts o had thereby, and the connection of'theihks to'fthe extensions of thef bars laI lo asto'retain the actuators K I@ in their proper -relatixm tofthe typesbars and cause them to move in a substantially horizontal direction: In, the nonnal position' oitheisegment! shbw'nl in Fig. 1, the upper 0A parts ofrthe rear ends of the bars la rest against thedower ends of the'arms l l of the universal. bar; and when the segment is shifted thelower parts of said rear ends rest'ugainst the armsl l, as shown in Fig. 2.

25,'Iherefore the actionl of the universal bar is the same in both positions of the segment.

lak' represent springs for leturning the actuators to'the'normal position after actuationi Coil Springsave shown for this purpose connected at theirrear ends to the-actuator bars k lc and at their front ends to a bracket k secured to the segment.'

The universal bar L is prefcrabl` journaled onend pivots l l which are tiyxed by sa arms Z* to a supporting rodx l which is aiu ranged to slideendwise in bearings Z onrtheV undeiside'ofthe track casting B. -The supporting ban `is dctachably connected, for in4 stance, by av pin l, Fig. 6, with a. shifting 40 lever: or device (not'shown) whereby the universal bar `canf be readil adjusted endwise to either of four di erentl sitions. The pivots l'i l fory the universal ar preferably extend through guide holes in the l represents aspring for returning the universal bar to the normal ositiom Thev spring-shown connects one o the universal bar arms l to a bracket Z1 fixed to the sup- A orting rod l", so that the spring is not 'af` ected lby the adjustmentfof the universah bar. The universal bar o eratos the carringe escapement 1D prefera ly byan arm l"- which projects rearwardly from the universal barand is connected by a link l to the paw-l lever of 'the'carriage escapementn M represents the ribbon viln'atoror guide forivibrating the ink ribbon m to and from the printing position between the-typc-bars,l and the printing point of the plutem 'lhe vibrator, which may be of the construction shown or of any other suitable construction, is preferably arranged to reciprocate verticall4 on a stationary upright guide m- G and 1s connected Aatiitslower'end to a vibratingvorroperatjngi lever m. As shown, the vibrator guide m is rigidly secured by screws,ior:otherwise,^lto the front end of a forwardly pmjectin extension! ms of the track' casting B, an the vibrator M is confined'between'thelreartside of 4the guide m and a line-gage and center scale m* which is secured to the rear side |oit' the vibrator guide mi. The lower' ortion of theivibrator extends ddwnward y through aslot in the extension'im of the'track casting B and has a. rearwardly bent 'lower end whichremovably engagesna slot'in the front-end of the vibrator lever m2. The vibrator and its guide have'registerin :holes through which the'scaleonrthe scale ar m ofthe carriage can' be'seen, 'andthe vibrator is provided withl an'index or ointer m cooperating with said scalette in icate theposition of the printinpoint.A The upper ends of the viratorly vibrator guide m und thc-line gugef'm are'slotted centrally, as show-n, to allow the heads of the typebars to strike the-ribbon infinaking the impressions.

The vibr tor level' m is suitably fulprumed bet'cen its ends at fm.T on-the underfside of'thc rack casting B" and'is provided F its rear end with a toothed "segment wn.

etwcen this segment and its fulcrum the ever'is provided with an opening and a second toothedl segment m9. N represents lin arm rigidly secured to theuniveisal bar hud provided at its end with teeth which hre adapted-tig.' mesh with the toothed sevincnt `m, and 7i.- is an arm located at one si e of the arm Nand provided with offset teeth at its end adapted to enter the opening in the lever and mesh with the toothed segment m. Preferably the arms N' and n are separated by a spacing washer n', these three parts bein riveted to ether and rigidly sccured to -t ic universa bar by soldering 0r otherwise, and the arm N' is made in one piece with the esca ement actuating arm Z.

In the position o the-parts shown in Figs. 1 and 5, thc teeth'of the arm N mesh with the teeth m8 at thc rear endfof theI vibrator lover and when the machine is ofmrntcd the up cr'portion of the ribbon, orutheiupper fie d thereof, in thc case of a ribbon-having different fields, will be vibrated to and from thc printing position. By moving thc universal bar to the right. as viewed iu Fig. the tecth ofthe arm N are moved out of mesh with the Atceth'fm,tz of the vibrator lever 1211i and the teeth of thc other arm n are placed in mesh withthe other teeth m" ofthe vibrator lever'and thenthe lower portion or field of the ribbon will be vila-ated to and from the printing position when' the' machine is operated. If the universal bar is movedto the'left; to a lthird positionuthe vibrator lever is freed from both of the arms N- and' n' andi the-ribbom vibratory will." then-fremain inactiveqwlien the machine is 130 operated. thus permitting the cutting of stencils.

The lower ends of the arms Z l of the universal har are provided with cli-oss pieces or lateral extensions of sutticient width to be engaged by the actuator bars k 1 in either of the three positions of the universal bar just mentioned. If, however, the universal bar is moved still farther to the left, the lower ends of the arms l l aire moved out ot' line with the actuator bars k k', and then either of the actuators K can he moved rear'- wardly from above the type-bar hangers g so that the hangers cau be detached from the segment by loosening their securing screws and disconnecting the type-bars from their actuating'links without removing the clamping plate g for the hangers. The lower end of the actuating link Z for the escapement swings laterally when the uuiversal bar is shifted, but the movement thereof is not great enough to interfere with the perfecty action of the escapement in the three operating positions of the universal ba r.

Bv lo lating the escapement operating arm l o the universal bar over the rear portion of the top plate, as shown in Fig. l, providing the openings in the top plate. and detachably connecting,r the universal bar to its shifting device, the track casting B with the complete carriage, universal bar, escapcment and ribbon vibrating mechanism can be detached from the top plate. by simply removing the securixw screws for the casting. detaching the rilil-ion from the vibrator,

and disconnecting,Y the drawband 'n thatt connects the carriage to its spring drivin, r drum. This is a great com'enir-nce in assembling. cltaniugr and rcpairinar the machine. and in changing it for carriages of diti'crcnt lengths. lt will be observml that the universal bar is not connected to the actuators on the segment and consequentljv V.

there are no parts requiring to be disconnected to permit the removal ot' the top plate or the track casting with the parts supported by the same.

The ribbon feeding and reversing mechanism form no part of this invention and are thcrct'orc not shown or dcscribcl. bnt. this mechanism is mountcdus heretofore. en the, top plate Il, and as the ribbon spiols and the kvibrating mechanism arc also zszonntcil on thc top plate, as shown. it, wilt llc erident that the top plate with the complete ribbon operating mechanism, together with the. other parts mounted on the top plate, can be removed from the machine by simply dctachinfr the top plate and without disconnecting any other parts.

0 represents a center guide for properly guiding` the type-bars to the printing point` on the platen. The center guide is secured by screws, or otherwise. to an upwardly projecting horn or extension o on the middle 'material to the rear far enough torperniit the detach ment of the type-bar hangers from the seg ment` as before explained, yThe center guide t) extends upwardly and forwardly from the segzment to a point in front of the lower end of the vibrator guide mf, then rcrticelly in front of thel latter, and its reduced upper end o extends rearwardly into the slotted upper end of the vibrate-r guide. 'this opper yend o of the renter guide is slotted to receive the guiding heels or parts 02 at the enter ends of the type-bars, The center guide. which shifts with the segment (7 has an elongated opening of' to enahle the scale bar m5 to be seen through the openingsl of the rihbon vibrator M and its raide an either position o the center guide, and the center snide also has it larger .eniug o* below the opening ai' that adams the toi-fer end of the vibrator gahl the vihratm', and the front end of the vi tor lever m when the center guide in n raislrt or shifted! position. W'hile the center guide t) shifts? with and thus always retains the sana, rela@ tion to the typedxars.y the vibrator guide fm." station/ary and remains in the same retav tion to the vibrator M.

P represents a VbachV .st-frio, or rest, for sapY porting the outer ends of the typebars in the. normal position thereof. This back stop is also supported from the segment so as to shift therewith, for i stance. by posts ,n which are rigidly secured to the ends of the segment in any convenient. way and project tornardiy tlnfrefrom. The back stop or resty as shown in Figi. i. preferably consists of a chain com nosed of center hleclts and side links pivota ly connected by rivets, and is provided with a tap strip 0i' pad p" of teather or other suitable noise-preventing The hlocl's and links meet on radial lines with only eiiongxh clearance to permit a very limited movement thereof on the rivets,` so that the haclcstop or reet rctains a segmental torni and only a limited `tla-ia'iiig thereof is permitted'. tthe end blocks Il il it is srtnck by the returning type-har tends to straightenthc chain at. both 4'sides of that point. and this transmita a slight impulse to Some of the adjacent typedars no' tlpat their inertia is added to that of the chain to absorb the shock. The result is that the tendency of the type-bars to rebound is practi cally overcome.

Figs. 7 and 8 show'a modified const rueticn of thesegment, and universal bar met-hir nism which is less expensive than that before described. In this (xmsti'uetion, (i represents the segment. The type-bars E arc pivoted on the segment by a curved pivot Wire G, thereby dispensing with the separate hangers and bearings used in the first construction. A single curved universal nar actuator K is used which is long enough to be struck by all of the typebars. It is supported by two rock-shafts g q' journaled one in rear of the other in brackets gt projecting rearwardly from the segment G and having upright arms g and q, respectively, which are pivoted to supporting bars q5 projecting rearwardly from the actuator K. The universal bar L has a single pendant arm y pivoted to the rear end of a link q1 which at its front end has a pin and slot connection gs with a bracket q on the actuator, The pivot between the link and the actuator normally occupies a position below tlnl level of the pivot between the lilik and the arm q, and when the segment is shifted the former pivot occupies a position a corresponding i .stanco above that level, so that the action of the escapement and of the ribbon vibrator will be the same in both the normal and shifted positions of the segment. The pin and slot connection Q allows the actuator to return to normal position in ad vauro of the return of the universal bar. and the connections at the ends of the link are loose enough to permit the universal bar to be moved to change the throw of the ribbon vibrator as before described, without affecting the action of the universal bar. This segment is mounted and oierated in the same Way as that first descri ed and, as in theA first construction, the universal har actuator, thet center guide O' fox-'the type-bars, and the back sto P for the type-bars are supported by and s ift with the segment. The segment and the parts supported thereby with but slight changes in one or two of the parts, are interchangeable with the corresponda arts in the construction first described? his modified construction is less dcsirabie vthan that first described, but it involves a a carriage escapem nt, a series of vided mth a plurality of sets ef type, the

invention is not necessarily restricted in a pliration to a machine having such a shi table segment as it is desirable for some purposes to support the escapement actuating means 0n a ment which does not shift whether provi( ed with type-bars inning a single set of type. or more than one set of type and used with a shifting l laten.

I claim as my inventiont l. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a main frame, a platen carriage, a carriage escapement, a series of pivoted type-bars, and a supporting segment for the typebars, of means for actuating the escapement comprising an actuator supported by the segment and actuated by a plurality of the type-bars, substantially as set forth.

2. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a main fraaie, a platen carriage, a carriage escapement, a series of pivoted type-bars, and a supporting segment for the type-bars, of means for actuating the eseapemcnt comprising a curved actuator mounted on the segment in position to be a 'tuated by a pluralit, of the type-bars, su istantially as set fort 3. In atypewritingm ine, the combination with a main frame, platen carriage, a carriage escapement, a series of pivoted typebars, and a supporting segment for the typebars, of means for actuating 'the escapement comprising a plurality of curved actuators mounted on the segment and each adapted to be actuated 'by a plurality of the typebars, substantially as set forth.

4. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a main frame, a platen carriage, a carriage escapement, a series of pivoted type-bars, and a supporting segment for the type-bars, of means for actuating the escapement comprising a curved actuator-arranged to be actuated by a plurality of the type-bars, and a pair of swinging supports for the actuator arranged one in rear of the other and both in rear of the actuator, substantially as set forth.

l5. ln a typewriting machine, the combination with a main frame, a platen carriage, a carriage escapeme'nt, a series of pivotcd type-bars, and a mpporting segment for the type-bars, of means for actuating the escapement comprising a curved aictuator arranged to bc actuated by,a plurality of the type-bars, and a pair of swinging supports for the actuator pivoted one in rear of the other on the segment, substantially as set forth.

6. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a main rame, a platen carriage, ivoted type-bars having a pliiralifty of sets of type. and a shiftablehsupt 'orting segment for the type-bars, of means` tor actuating the ,escape-v ment in the different pdsitions ofthe 5@- ment comprising an actuator supported by the segment and adapted to. be actuated by one or more of the type-bars, substantially as set forth.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a main frame, a platen carriage, a carriage escapement, a series of pivoted typebars having a plurality of sets of type, and a sliiftable supporting segment for the type-bars, of means for actuatingr the escapement in the different positions of the segmentcomprising a plurality of curved actuators supported by the segment each in position to be actuated by a plurality of the typebars, substantiallyy as set forth.

8. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a main frame, a platen carriage, a carriage escapementa series of pivoted type-bars having` a plurality of sets of type,

and a shiftable supporting segment for the type-l,.irs, of means foractuatingir the escape nient in the different positions of the segment comprising a curved actuator arranged to be actuated bya plurality of the type-bars, and supportinfr means for the actuator' comprising a roc i-shaft mounted on the segment and havingr arms pivotally connected to the actuator, substantiallyy` as set forth.

9. In a typewriting machine, tbe combination u ith a main frame, a platen carriage, a carriage escapenlent, a series of pivoted type-bars havin;lr a plurality of sets oi' type, and a shiftable supporting segment for the type-bars, of means for actuating the escapenient comprising an actuator arranged to be actuated by one or more of the typebars and having a rearwardly extending bar, a pair 'of swingingr supporting; arms pivotcd to said rearwardly extending bar, and means adapted to be actuated by said bar in the diii'erent positions of the segment, substantially as set forth. i i '10. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen carriage, a series of pivoted type-bars having a plurality of sets of type, a shiftable supporting segment for the type-bars, and a carriage feed escapement and ribbon vibrator supported in relatively xed positions, of means for actuating the escapement and the ribbon vibrator in the different positions ofthe segment ineluding an actuator supported by the segment and actuated by one more of the typebars, substantially as se forth.

11. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen earring-e, a series of pivoted type-bars, a supporting segment for the type-bars, and a 'carriage escapement, of an actuator supported by the segment and adapted to be actuated by one or more of the type-bars, and means supported independently of the segment and actuated b); said actuator for 'operating the carriage escapement, substantially as set forth.

12. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen carriagefa series of pivoted type-bars, a supporting Segment for the type-bars, and a carriage escapement, of an actuator supported by the segment and adapted to be actuated by one or more of the typebars. and means supportedindependently of the segment and disconnected from said actuator but actuated thereby for operating the. carriage escapement, substantially as set forth.

12S. In a, typewriting machine, the combination with a platen carriage, a. series of pivoted type-bars having a plurality of sets of type, a shiitable supporting segment for said type-bars, and a carriage escapement, of an actuator supported by the segment and adapted to be actuated by one or more of the type-bars. and means supported independn ently of the .segment and actuated by said actuator in the different positions of the segment for operating the carriage escapement, substantially as set forth.

14. In a typewriting machine. the combiriation with a platen carriage, a series of pivoted type-bars, a supporting segment for the type-bars, a carriage escapement, and a ribbon vibraton of an actuator which shifts with the segment and is adapted to be actuated by one or more of the type-bars, and means supportedy independently of the segment in relatively iixed position and disconnected from said actuator but actuated thereby 'for operating the carriage escape ment and the ribbon vibrator, substantially as set forth.

15. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a main frame, a yplaten carringe` a carriage escapeinent, a series of piv` oted typebars, and a supporting segment for the typebars, of means for shiftingr said segment to place the type-bars in different printing, relations to the platen, and means for actuatingr the escapement comprising an actuator arranged to be actuated by a plurality of the type-bars, and a supporting member for said actuator pivoted on the segment.

16. In a,typewriting machine, the coInbination with a main frame, a platen car-l riagfe, a carriage escapement, a series of piv oted typefbars, and a supporting segment for the type-bars, means for shifting said segment to place the type bars in different printing relations to the platen, and means for actuating the escapemcut.comprising` a curved actuator movably mounted on the segment in position to be struck and moved by a plurality of the type-bars,Y substantially as set forth.

17. In a t pewriting machine, the combination witlil a main frame, a. platen carriagze, a carriage escapement, a series of pivoted type-bars, and a. supporting segment for the type-bars, means for shifting said segment to place the type-bars in different printing relations to the platen,.and means for actuatingr thc cscapeiucnt comprising a bar adapted to be moved by a plurality of the type-bars and inning anescapement actuating part extending rearwardly therefrom. and a pivotal support for said bar, substantially as set forth.

lb. In a typewriting machine, the comhination with a main frame, a platen carriage, a carriage escapement, a series of pivoted type-bars, and a supporting segment for the type-bars, of means for shifting said segment to place the type-bars in different printing relations to the platen, and means for actuating the escapement comprising a curved actuator' arranged to be actuated by a plurality of the type bars and to shift with said segment, and a pair of swinging supports for said actuator arranged one in rear of the other and both in rearof said actuator, substantially as set forth.

19. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a main frame, a platen carriage, a carriage escapemcnt, a series of piv- `g5 oted type-bars, and a supporting segment for the type-bars, of means for shlfting said segment to place the type-bars in dilerent printingr relations to the platen, means for actuating the escapement comprising a curved actuator arranged to be struck and moved by a plurality of the type-bars, and a pair of swinging supports for said actuator mounted one in rear of the other on said segment, substantially as set forth.

20. In a typewriting machine, the'combination with a main frame, a platen carriage, a carriage escapement, a series of pivoted type-bars, and a supporting segment for the type-bars, of means for actuating 10 the escapement comprising an actuator arranged to be actuated byA one or more of the type-,bars and having a rearwardly extending bar,`a pair of swinging su porting arms mounted on said se ment an ivoted i; to said rearwardly exten ing'baran means adapted to be actuated byl said bar for transmitting motion from said` b`ar t said carriage escapeinent, substantially as set forth.

21. In a typewriting machine, the combi- .50 nation with a main frame, a platen carria-ge, a .carriage escapement, aA series of pivoted type-bars, and a shiftable supporting segment for the type-bars, of means for shifting said segment to place the type-bars a5 in different printing relations to the platen, and means for actuating said escapement comprising an actuator arranged to be c,moved by one` or more of thc type-bars having a -rearwardly extending bar, a pair of So swinging supporting arms mounted on said -shiftable segment and pivoted to said rearwardly extending bar, and means adapted to be actuated by Asaid bar in the dill'erent positions of the segment, substantially as 5.5 set forthV 22. In a typewriting machine" the combination with a platen carriageka series of pivoted type-bars, and a supportgng segnient for the type-bars, of a deylicefto be actuated at each type stroke, an `actuator sup'- 7i ported by the segment and adapted to be actuated by one or more of the type-bars, and a universal bar supported independently of said segment and moved by said actuator for operating said device, substantially as .75 set forth. q

23. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen carriage, a series of pivoted type-bars, a shiftable supporting segment for the type-bars, and carriage esca ement to be actuated at each' type stro e, of an actuator supported by said segment and adapted to be actuated by one or more of the ty e-bars, and means moved by said actuator 1n the different positions of 35, said segment for transmitting motion from said actuator to said carriage' escap'einent;

24. In a typewriting machine, the combnation with a platen carriage, aseries 'Uf pivoted type-bars, a shiftable supporting segment for the type-bars, and a carriage escapement, of means for shifting said segment vto place the type-bars in different printing relations to the platen, an actuator supported by said segment and adapted to be actuated by one or more of the type-bars, and means supported independently of the segment and disbonnected from said actu'- ator but actuated thereby in the different positions of the segment for operating the carriage eseapement, substantially as set forth. i f

` 25. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a main frame, a platen carriage,

a carriage escapement removably mounted 1g@ en and supported by said mainframe, a i series of pivoted type-bars, and a shiftable supporting segment for the type-bars, of means for shifting said segment to place the type-bars in different printing relations to the platen, an actuator supported by the segment and adapted to be actuated by one` ormore of the tvoe-bars, and means re'movy" ably mounted on and supported by 4said main frame anddisconnected from Said ao` 115' tuator but actuated thereby correspondingly inthe diierent ositions of said segment for operating sai ca/ringe esc'apement. substantxally as vset forth.

2t. In av typewriting'lnacl'line, the combi- 120 nation with a platenmcairilt if, a series of lpgvoxted type-bars, and a' s igablefs'upport g segment for the typears; of a device be actuated atV eachtype stroke, means or shifting/,said segment to pl ce the type- 126 barsy in different printing re tions to the platen, and means for aetuatig said device comprisingr an actuator supported by the segment and actuated by a plurality ofthe type-bars, substantially as set forth. 'I

In a typev'vriting machine, the combination with a platen carriage, a carriage escapement, arseries .of pivoted type-.bars and a supportingsegment for the type-bars, of means for actuating said carriage escapement comprising a luniversal bar, and an actuator for said universal bar supported by said segment and arranged vto be actuated by a plurality of vthe typebars, substantially as set forth. v

Q8. in a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen carriage, a carriage escaprrnent, a series Yof type-bars, and. a shiftable supporting segment for the typebars, of' means for shifting said segment to place the type-barsindifferent printing relations to the platen,l `and means for actuat- .ing the carriage escapernent comprising a universal bar, and a 4curved actuator for said universalbfar mounted on the segment in position to` be struck and moved by a plurality of the'type-bars, substantially as set forth. Y

@25Min a typewriting machine, the combination with a carriage escapement, a series of pvoted type bars, and la supporting segment for'the type-bar s, of means for actuating the carriage esca Vementcomprising a universal bar, and a p urality of curved actuators for said universal bar mounted on said segment each in positionjto be struck and moved by a plurality'of the type-bars, substantially 'as set forth. f

3G.v In a typewriting machine, the combination with la platen carriage, a carriage escapement, a series of pivoted.y type-bars, and a shiftable supporting segment for the typebars, 'of means for 'actuating the carnage escapeme'nt comprising a universal bar. and a plurality' of curved actuatorsv for said universal bar mounted on said segment each in position to be struck andmoved by a pluralityiof type-bars, substantially as setforthlf .t 3l. In a'typewri'ting'machine, the combi,-

nation with'a platen carriage, a series of` pivoted typeb'ars, 'and l`a r.ls'upporting segmentl for thetype-bars, of` a device to be aC.- tuatedffat .each type stroke, and means for actuating'said deyic'el comprising a curved actuator arranged to be actuated by a plurality of theftype-bars, anda pair of swingy actuator arranged to'be lstruck,fand moved ally mounted in rear of said segmentand one *I v the combination With a platen-'ca'rr1a`ge, a lseries of;

-ing a curved actuator arranged to be struck and moved by a plurality of the type-bars, and a pair of swinging supports for said actuator pix'otally mounted on said shiftable segment one in rear of the other, substantially as set forth.

B-l. In a typeivriting machine, the combination with a platen carriage, a series of pivot/ed type-bars, and a shiftable supporting segment for the type-bars, of a deviceA to be actuated at eachftype stroke, means fo'r shifting said segment to place the typebaus inI different printing relations to the platen, and means for actuating said de- ,vice comprising a universal bar, and a plurality of curved actuators supported by the segment each-.in position to be actuated by al plurality of-sa1d typebars,substantially as se* forth. .i 35. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a'platen carrie e, a series of pivoted typebars, and a shi table supportymg segment vfor thetype-bars, of means for shifting saidfsegment to place the type-bars in different printing relations to the platen,

a universal bar, vandl means' -for 'actuating said universal bar 1n thedferent positlons of the segment comprising a curved actuator arranged to be actuated by a plurality of the type bars,-and supporting means for said actuator comprising" a 'rock shaft mounted on thesegmentnnd having arms piyotally connected to said actuator, substantially as set forth.

36. In a :typewritingmachine, the combination with-a platen carriage, a series of pivoted type-bars, and a shiftable supporting segment for the type bars, of an actuator arranged to be struck and moved by one or more of 'the type-bars and having a rearwardlyextending bar, a pair 0f` svvinging-supporting arms for said actuator lpivoted to said rearwardly extending' jbar, a universal ybar adapted to be engaged andimoved by said rearwardly extending bar in the different positions of said/segment,substantiallyY as set forth.

37. Inv a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen carriage, a series of pivotcd ,type-bars, and` a supporting segment-for the'y type bars, of a device to'be actuateda't eachstype stroke, and an actuator supportedy by the zsegment and arranged to be vstruck and moved by one orv `more of the type bars, and a universal bar supported independently of said segment and disconnected from said actuator but aciss iunior supported by sad sgnien''an arnation with n platen carriage, a1 series. of

tuated thereby for operating said device, subsizmtially ws set forth.

38. In :1 typefwritng machine7 the cmb nation .with platen. carriage, a series of probed typc-baxs, and a. shifmble supporz segment for the type-bars ai av device in be ctnaed :it each type sioce,an a@ ranged i0 actuated by one ore nf the type-bars, and a universal bar su ported independently of the segment and ctuated by said actuator in the dif'eimt positions eff the segment for operatin Sid alevice, substantially as set forth.

In a. typewriing masking the combipivoted type-bars, :i supporting Segment for the typebars, n carriage escngiement, and a ribbon vibrator, of :in mit s supported bythe Segment and adaiptcf it. be actuated by one or more of the type-imm, and :i device which is actuated by suini. actuator for operating said osczzpemvnt and said ribbon vibrator und which is shifhiblc for changing the action of the ribbon v" -itm' without affecting the action of said nnuupement, suly Stuntially as Set forth.

40. In a typewritin'g machine, che combination with a main frame herring a re* movable top plate, a pluim Carriage, a carriage escpemenb supported by Said topphrte, a series of pivoted ypeybars, and a supporting segment for the typfe-bars, of un actuator supported by the segment and. adapted to be. actual/ea by one m more of the type-bars, and means supported by said top plate and disconnected from sind atuator but actuated thereby fm" operating snhstmmally -as ang; ninlchine, the' combins n fraznr, ,a platen car- ,ment supported b ibram'gsup orbe :i pvoien typen bars, and m i i nnl fr the typebars, of an ac'na'tnr su i orbe by the segment and :edapte to be animated 'by one or more o the typebars, and means sup cried on the main fram: f @peraizing sulV carriage escapement Fbhon vibrator, Saad carriagsf e ibbon vibrator and `zing' ramcvable from said operatin he machine fistmbmg amd Se mig fnacbin, the combination wih tially as set failni.

Witness my bami, this 11th clay of February, 1911.

EMMT G, LATTA.

Witne esz FRANK Rana, GERTRQDE En'rz. 

